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Bottoms Up

  • 19601960
  • 1h 30m
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6.0/10
220
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Bottoms Up (1960)
Comedy
Jimmy Edwards reprises his TV and radio role as the Professor trying to control a school full of naughty boys.Jimmy Edwards reprises his TV and radio role as the Professor trying to control a school full of naughty boys.Jimmy Edwards reprises his TV and radio role as the Professor trying to control a school full of naughty boys.
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
220
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    • Mario Zampi
    • Michael Pertwee(screenplay)
    • Frank Muir(additional dialogue)
    • Denis Norden(additional dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Jimmy Edwards
    • Arthur Howard
    • Martita Hunt
    • Mario Zampi
    • Michael Pertwee(screenplay)
    • Frank Muir(additional dialogue)
    • Denis Norden(additional dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Jimmy Edwards
    • Arthur Howard
    • Martita Hunt
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 10User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
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    Arthur Howard and Vanda Hudson in Bottoms Up (1960)
    Jimmy Edwards, Arthur Howard, and Vanda Hudson in Bottoms Up (1960)
    Jimmy Edwards and Mitch Mitchell in Bottoms Up (1960)
    Reginald Beckwith and Jimmy Edwards in Bottoms Up (1960)
    Jimmy Edwards, Arthur Howard, and Vanda Hudson in Bottoms Up (1960)
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    Jimmy Edwards
    • Professor Jim Edwards
    Arthur Howard
    • Pettigrew
    Martita Hunt
    Martita Hunt
    • Lady Gore-Willoughby
    Sydney Tafler
    Sydney Tafler
    • Sid Biggs
    • (as Sidney Tafler)
    Raymond Huntley
    Raymond Huntley
    • Garrick-Jones
    Reginald Beckwith
    Reginald Beckwith
    • Bishop Wendover
    Vanda Hudson
    • Matron
    • (as Vanda)
    Melvyn Hayes
    Melvyn Hayes
    • Cecil Biggs
    Mitch Mitchell
    Mitch Mitchell
    • Wendover
    • (as John Mitchell)
    Donald Hewlett
    Donald Hewlett
    • Hamley
    Richard Briers
    Richard Briers
    • Colbourne
    Neil Wilson
    Neil Wilson
    • Hackforth
    Gordon Phillott
    • Dinwiddie
    John Wilder
    • Roebuck
    Graham Tonbridge
    • Pelbrook
    Paul Castaldini
    • Prince Hassid
    George Pastell
    George Pastell
    • Swarthy Man
    George Selway
    George Selway
    • 1st Man
      • Mario Zampi
      • Michael Pertwee(screenplay)
      • Frank Muir(additional dialogue)
      • Denis Norden(additional dialogue)
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    • Trivia
      Despite playing a schoolboy, Melvyn Hayes was actually 24 years old at the time of production.
    • Goofs
      When the boys are rioting in the school yard, they are deemed to be using radio controlled model planes to attack the teachers. As the models fly low over the top of the teachers who are crawling low along the ground, (it would not be allowed these days) the models are clearly not radio controlled models, but rather the control line variety. Their circular flight path makes this very obvious.
    • Connections
      Spun-off from Whack-O! (1956)
    • Soundtracks
      School Song
      Lyric by Sid Colin

      Music by Stanley Black (uncredited)

    User reviews10

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    5/10
    Even Director Zampi can't Save This
    Jimmy Edwards is the headmaster of a third-rate public school -- for Americans, that means a private school. He believes in beating the boys for any offense and none. Eventually, they revolt.

    It's a feature-length version of Edwards' TV show, WHACK-O. I've never seen it, but found that his blustery character palled on me over ninety minutes. It's certainly possible that at the shorter length of TV sitcom, it was more palatable. Apparently, the show, which ran eight seasons from 1956 through 1972, for a total of 60 episodes, would have Edwards attempting to steal the boys' pocket money, like a futile Sgt. Bilko.

    Other notable players include Martitia Hunt, Sidney Taffer and John Stuart.
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    • Release date
      • 1962 (United States)
      • United Kingdom
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Associated British Elstree Studios, Shenley Road, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC)
      • Mario Zampi Productions
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    • 1 hour 30 minutes
      • Black and White

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